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Dryden to update zoning to advance comprehensive plan

DRYDEN – If you’re a town of Dryden resident, prepare to be asked to weigh in on the town’s effort to revise and update its comprehensive plan, with the goal of improving zoning …

Crash in Homer

The Corner Brew in Dryden celebrates a year since opening

DRYDEN – The specials at The Corner Brew in Dryden are littered with sprinkles and cake batter to celebrate the cafe’s one year anniversary. The Corner Brew, a Bohemian-style cafe at …

C’ville denies tree service’s use of residential land

Arborist Richard Carter Jr. has a whole fleet of trucks and piles of lumber to remove from property on Route 215 in Cortlandville that the town says he’s using illegally. “The …

Landfill to become solar farm in Dryden

DRYDEN – An old landfill would get a new life hosting a facility to produce and store solar energy, under a proposal being developed by a state agency and an as-yet unidentified private …

Brockway truck show returns to Homer for third year

 

County seeks vendors for Independence Day celebration

Cortland County’s all-day event celebrating Independence Day attracts hundreds of people to Dwyer Memorial Park. It brings live music, food, fireworks – and business. The county is seeking vendors for its Independence Day celebration on July 6 ...

Shoppers, workers, and now residents

The strings of lights shine through the windows at the corner of Main and Port Watson streets in Cortland. Owner Steven Wineburg is renovating the upstairs spaces for better housing. A few doors …

Dryden to require PILOTs for solar projects

DRYDEN – If you want to erect a solar farm in Dryden, prepare to negotiate a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with the town. The town board voted, 4-0, Thursday to require a PILOT …

SPCA top dogs want to build relationships, programs

More than 20 years ago, William Carr started volunteering at the Cortland Community Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to learn more about law enforcement. In 2007, Tiffany Ackerman began …

C4Arts to host celebration for SUNY football champs

 

‘It’s going to be a long construction season’

Starting Monday, part of Groton Avenue between Floral and Homer avenues in Cortland will be closed for construction for five weeks, the earliest work beginning another season of construction in the …

Grocer plans to end a decade of Groton as a food desert

GROTON – The idea that Laura Hahn would open a restaurant some day began to crystallize when a car pulled up next to hers and an occupant asked, “Can I pet your dog?” Hahn, …

Residents want tourism, waterfront in strategic plan

What could Cortland County build on? Jeffrey Hall of Virgil said tourism; Cynthia Alexy of Marathon said the riverfront, but that’s not all. A group of about 15 people, including Hall and …

City OKs stormwater project costing at least $370,000

The city of Cortland Common Council voted Tuesday to spend at least $370,000 to change a plan to improve storm sewers to address the flood-prone intersection of Main and Court streets. The …

New play space opens in McGraw for young kids

Sierra Stauber of McGraw said there were no spaces for her 2-year-old daughter in town. Now her toddler spends her time playing in a mini-farmers market with other kids, PlayD8 opened at the …

Dryden library receives $20,000 grant for accessibility

DRYDEN – Nearly every Monday, a small group from the Racker Center – which offers supportive services to people with disabilities and their families – make its way to the Southworth …

A day at the library

At 9:35 a.m. Monday, you get your choice of parking spaces. With only three other cars in the lot next to the Cortland Free Library, I was able to take a space near the front door. The outside …

Fresh art, reused materials

It’s one thing if an object can be saved from a landfill and taken into a new home. It’s another thing altogether if it can be saved from a landfill, and be used to create something …

C’ville tries again for $6.7 million grant for Gutchess

The Town of Cortlandville hopes to get a $6.7 million grant to fund work at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex, a second attempt to reach into this federal pot. The Cortlandville Town Board …

Scouts to honor McDermott posthumously

In the 1960s, he was a U.S. sailor serving with the Marines in Vietnam. From 2005 to 2011, he was the chief elected official of the village of Homer, serving three terms in that role. …

Cortland IDA may give land to Homer for dog park

The village of Homer may soon have the county’s first dog park. Mike McMahon, chair of the Cortland County Industrial Development Agency and Business Development Corp. board of directors, …

The city of Cortland is nearly finished drafting an update to its zoning and rental housing code to address conflicting rules and end years of unfair enforcement, Mayor Scott Steve announced in a …

Dryden firefighter responds to Africa’s call

 

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